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The Gloaming Stakes is a Group 3 race held at Randwick Racecourse during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival in October.

The Gloaming Stakes is now held on The Everest Day which is headlined by the running of the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest (1200m).

Other key races on The Everest Day include the Group 1 $5 million King Charles III Stakes (1600m) which was formerly run as the George Main Stakes earlier in the spring, the $2 million The Kosciuszko slot race for country-trained horses, the $1 million Silver Eagle for Golden Eagle-bound four-year-olds and the lucrative Group 3 $2 million Sydney Stakes for horses that failed to gain a start in The Everest field.

The Gloaming Stakes is run under set weights conditions over 1800m and is only open to three-year-olds offering a lucrative $500,000 in total prize money.

Many of the more successful runners in the Gloaming Stakes go on to challenge the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m).

The Gloaming Stakes winner is exempt from Spring Champion Stakes ballot and the latest horses to complete the Gloaming – Spring Champion Stakes double are Shadow Hero (2019) and Sharp ‘N’ Smart (2022).

Often, horses will contend the Gloaming Stakes before heading south to target Flemington’s Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

In 2017 Ace High took out the Gloaming Stakes – Spring Champion Stakes – VRC Derby treble.

In 2021 the Gloaming Stakes form was franked with the runner-up Profondo going on to win the Spring Champion Stakes next start.

After taking out the Gloaming Stakes and Spring Champion Stakes double in 2022 Sharp ‘N’ Smart further franked the form with a VRC Derby second. He returned to New Zealand in 2023 winning a further two Group 1 events including the NZ Derby and then ran a good fourth in Sydney’s Group 1 ATC Derby that autumn.

The 2023 Gloaming Stakes ran on Saturday October 14th, 2023 on Randwick’s The Everest Day program as a key lead-up to the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes and was won in a narrow upset by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Raf Attack ($8.50).

Gloaming Stakes
Date:	Saturday October 14th, 2023
Racecourse:	Randwick Racecourse
Distance:	1800m
Conditions:	Three-year-olds at Set Weights
Status:	Group 3
Prizemoney:	$500,000

2023 Gloaming Stakes Results

• 1st: #5 Raf Attack ($8.50)
• 2nd: #3 Tom Kitten
• 3rd: #11 Cap Ferrat

Progressive New Zealand-bred colt Raf Attack ($8.50) produced a brilliant front-running effort to hold off a thrilling late charge by the beaten favourite Tom Kitten, who was huge in defeat, to hold on and score a narrow upset in the 2023 Gloaming Stakes results on The Everest Day in Sydney ahead of a likely Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes assignment.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	5	RAF ATTACK (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss		2	56.5kg		$8.50
	2	3	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	0.26L	3	56.5kg		$2.60F
	3	11	CAP FERRAT	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	0.54L	5	56.5kg		$26
	4	6	KINTYRE	Gary Portelli	Ms Jamie Kah	0.65L	10	56.5kg		$41
	5	10	GLAD YOU THINK SO	John Sargent	Jean Van Overmeire	0.95L	11	56.5kg		$51
	6	8	SNOWMAN	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	1.68L	8	56.5kg		$4.80
	7	14e	LONG GENES	Edward Cummings	Tyler Schiller	1.97L	7	56.5kg		$151
	8	2	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	3.17L	13	56.5kg		$10
	9	7	RAVELLO (NZ)	John O’Shea	Tommy Berry	3.45L	1	56.5kg		$12
	10	13	WAVERLEY	John Sargent	Craig Williams	5.89L	12	56.5kg		$41
	11	1	TANNHAUSER	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6.8L	9	56.5kg		$6
	12	9	NOISY BOY	Todd Howlett	Jay Ford	8.68L	4	56.5kg		$101
	13	12	HIGHBORN HARRY	David Payne	Tom Sherry	8.85L	6	56.5kg		$101
		17e	SEKANI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)		0
		18e	KONING	Richard & Will Freedman			0
		16e	PORT LOCKROY	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield		0
		4	PUSHY (NZ)	Michael Freedman	Jason Collett		0
		15e	MAH ALI	Benjamin Smith			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Gloaming Stakes Betting

The updated Gloaming Stakes 2023 odds and Group 3 betting market links to the Sydney racing markets online at Ladbrokes.com.au will be provided below the week of the race.

Shadow Hero ($2.90 in 2019), Love Tap ($1.70 in 2020) and Sharp ‘N’ Smart ($2.70 in 2022) are the latest favourites in Gloaming Stakes betting to salute for the punters.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 GLOAMING STKAES ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Gloaming Stakes Form

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2023 Gloaming Stakes Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Gloaming Stakes 2023 Tips on the three-year-olds’ showdown on The Everest Day this spring.

• To Win: #8 Snowman ($4 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Plenty of winning hopes coming off good runs in this year’s Gloaming and have Snowman on top at a touch of value. The Chris Waller-trained Snitzel colt enjoyed his second career win at his sixth start last time out in a BM72 at Rosehill over 1800m. Up in grade now but same distance, which he blitzed with a two length success on September 27. Hugh Bowman is in town and comes aboard this up-and-comer who is likely to land midfield and charge home. Can win again.

2023 Gloaming Stakes Field

The Gloaming Stakes 2023 field of final acceptances and barrier draw are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading up to race day. Horses may come into the Gloaming Stakes field via earlier Group status Sydney Spring Racing Carnival races for three-year-olds or be stepping up in class for their first black-type test of the season.

The 2023 Gloaming Stakes final field features a quality line-up of Spring Champion Stakes-bound three-year-old led in betting by the James Cummings-trained Group 3 winner and Group 1 performed Tom Kitten coming off a string of good runs including form around Golden Rose runner-up Encap.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	30413×0	TANNHAUSER	Chris Waller	James McDonald	11	56.5kg			86
2	1786×411	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Adam Hyeronimus	18	56.5kg			84
3	41514×133	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	3	56.5kg			83
4	1112	PUSHY (NZ)	Michael Freedman	Jason Collett	13	56.5kg			81
5	6164	RAF ATTACK (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	2	56.5kg			72
6	1257×21258	KINTYRE	Gary Portelli	Ms Jamie Kah	12	56.5kg			71
7	176×16	RAVELLO (NZ)	John O’Shea	Tommy Berry	1	56.5kg			69
8	5x5x1321	SNOWMAN	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	10	56.5kg			67
9	2410	NOISY BOY	Todd Howlett	Jay Ford	4	56.5kg			65
10	78311	GLAD YOU THINK SO	John Sargent	Jean Van Overmeire	14	56.5kg			63
11	57x335x97	CAP FERRAT	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5	56.5kg
12	431×52	HIGHBORN HARRY	David Payne	Tom Sherry	6	56.5kg			60
13	343×824	WAVERLEY	John Sargent	Craig Williams	15	56.5kg			62
14e	7129	LONG GENES	Edward Cummings	Tyler Schiller	7	56.5kg			59
15e	49×51	MAH ALI	Benjamin Smith		9	54.5kg			63
16e	3315	PORT LOCKROY	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	8	56.5kg			65
17e	642	SEKANI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Zac Lloyd (a)	16	56.5kg
18e	232	KONING	Richard & Will Freedman		17	56.5kg

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Gloaming Stakes Nominations

The 2023 Gloaming Stakes nominations are taken by Racing NSW on the Monday leading-up to The Everest Day with the full list of early entries to be published below.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	41514×133	TOM KITTEN	C	3	James Cummings	1	56.5kg			83
2	1786×411	GANBARE	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	2	56.5kg			84
3	1257×21258	KINTYRE	G	3	Gary Portelli	3	56.5kg			71
4	30413×0	TANNHAUSER	C	3	Chris Waller	4	56.5kg			86
5	42569×8077	MAKE A CALL	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	5	56.5kg
6	1112	PUSHY (NZ)	G	3	Michael Freedman	6	56.5kg			81
7	5x5x1321	SNOWMAN	C	3	Chris Waller	7	56.5kg			67
8	176×16	RAVELLO (NZ)	C	3	John O’Shea	8	56.5kg			69
9	2410	NOISY BOY	G	3	Todd Howlett	9	56.5kg			65
10	78311	GLAD YOU THINK SO	C	3	John Sargent	10	56.5kg			63
11	6164	RAF ATTACK (NZ)	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	11	56.5kg			72
12	343×824	WAVERLEY	C	3	John Sargent	12	56.5kg			62
13	431×52	HIGHBORN HARRY	G	3	David Payne	13	56.5kg			60
14	57x335x97	CAP FERRAT	C	3	Chris Waller	14	56.5kg
15	7129	LONG GENES	C	3	Edward Cummings	15	56.5kg			59
16	9×6324	LIMBURG	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	16	56.5kg
17	49×51	MAH ALI	F	3	Benjamin Smith	17	54.5kg			63
18	3315	PORT LOCKROY	C	3	Annabel Neasham	18	56.5kg			65
19	642	SEKANI	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	19	56.5kg
20	232	KONING	C	3	Richard & Will Freedman	20	56.5kg
21	21	INCA TRAIL	G	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	21	56.5kg			59

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Gloaming Stakes History

Inaugurated in 1978, the Gloaming Stakes has an extensive history of exciting racing and tight results. The Gloaming Stakes is named after Gloaming, who along with Desert Gold previously held the Australasian record of 19 successive wins. Out of 67 starts, Gloaming won 57 and came second 9 times.

The Gloaming Stakes has had a relatively stable history in terms of race location and status. Because of its set weights status and restriction to three year olds, the Gloaming Stakes has long held an important place in NSW racing as a major event to watch and a fertile breeding ground of young black-type winners.

Notable Gloaming Stakes winners include Sky Chase (1987), Tie The Knot (1997), So You Think (2009), It’s A Dundeel (2012), and that year’s Spring Champion Stakes / VRC Derby double winner Ace High (2017).

Gloaming Stakes results and winning times since 2000 are listed below.

The Gloaming Stakes was moved from Rosehill in September to Randwick in October ahead of the 2022 race and the prize money boosted to half-a-million-dollars.

The 2022 Gloaming Stakes was rescheduled to run over a mile at Warwick Farm on the Wednesday following its original race date after racing at Randwick on Silver Eagle Day was abandoned after Race 5.

In 2023 the Gloaming Stakes returned to The Everest Day card in mid-October over 1800m.

Gloaming Stakes Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Raf Attack	1 minute 48.11 seconds
	2nd	Tom Kitten
	3rd	Cap Ferrat
2022 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Sharp ‘N’ Smart	1 minute 39.94 seconds (over 1600m at Warwick Farm)
	2nd	Matcha Latte
	3rd	Williamsburg
2021 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Head Of State	1 minute 50.04 seconds
	2nd	Profound
	3rd	Benaud
2020 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Love Tap	1 minute 48.89 seconds
	2nd	Street Dancer
	3rd	Bucharest
2019 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Shadow Hero	1 minute 49.10 seconds
	2nd	Subedar
	3rd	Quick Thinker
2018 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Thinkin’ Big	1 minute 50.28 seconds
	2nd	Tarka
	3rd	Irukandji
2017 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Ace High	1 minute 50.82 seconds
	2nd	Sanctioned
	3rd	Coral Coast
2016 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Veladero	1 minute 50.2 seconds
	2nd	Honeywine
	3rd	Prized Icon
2015 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Vanbrugh	1 minutre 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Tatoosh
	3rd	Man Of Choice
2014 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Sweynesse	1 minute 49.5 seconds
	2nd	Diamond Valores
	3rd	Pounamu
2013 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Complacent	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Savvy Nature
	3rd	Drago
2012 Gloaming Stakes	1st	It’s A Dundeel	1 minute 50.6 seconds
	2nd	Honorius
	3rd	Lunar Rise
2011 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Strike The Stars	1 minute 49.0 seconds
	2nd	Doctor Doom
	3rd	King’s Pact
2010 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Retrieve	1 minute 48.2 seconds
	2nd	Erewhon
	3rd	Praecido
2009 Gloaming Stakes	1st	So You Think	1 minute 50.8 seconds
	2nd	Gathering
	3rd	Heraklion
2008 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Predatory Pricer	1 minute 51.9 seconds
	2nd	Stalingrad
	3rd	Fight And Defend
2007 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Race Not Run	–
	2nd	–
	3rd	–
2006 Gloaming Stakes	1st	All Black Gold	1 minute 49.2 seconds
	2nd	Tuesday Joy
	3rd	Sermon
2005 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Pendragon	1 minute 50.4 seconds
	2nd	Power Of Destiny
	3rd	Duelled
2004 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Al Maher	1 minute 49.3 seconds
	2nd	Savabeel
	3rd	Outback Prince
2003 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Tsuimai	1 minute 49.6 seconds
	2nd	Terracotta Bay
	3rd	Square One
2002 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Maskerado	1 minute 57.0 seconds
	2nd	Platinum Scissors
	3rd	Sportsman
2001 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Courvoisier	1 minute 49.7 seconds
	2nd	Excellerator
	3rd	Silk Veil
2000 Gloaming Stakes	1st	Go Bint	1 minute 59.4 seconds
	2nd	Dandify
	3rd	Danachenka